Update: Temperature May Plummet to 11 Degrees Tonight; Shelter to Open

A shelter will be open in downtown Bremerton to provide cots, blankets and pillows for emergency overnight stays, as well as coffee and snacks.

The shelter's location is being kept secret, so volunteers will not be overwhelmed, but it is on Park Avenue.

If you need help, call 211 on a mobile phone before 5 p.m. today and make a reservation. If you need to make a reservation for overnight accommodations and food assistance after 5 p.m., call the Crisis Clinic at (360) 479-3033.

There is no charge, and the shelter is being provided by local relief agencies.

Volunteers are urgently need to staff that shelter and another throughout the week. Volunteers would serve as welcomers and also would be on coffee detail, according to Phyllis Mann, director of the Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management.

Prospective volunteers can call (360) 307-5877 or (360) 473-2047.

The Park Avenue shelter will close at 7 a.m. Tuesday.

Then all operations move to Presidents Hall at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds, which will have enough beds and food to serve hundreds of homeless people throughout the week.

The 211 reservation system will abandoned after Monday evening. Anyone needing help after tonight and for the rest of the week can simply go to Presidents Hall and receive help beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The emergency services department is working with Kitsap Transit to provide homeless people and others in need with free bus passes to get to Presidents Hall starting Tuesday.

Tonight's predicted low of 11 degrees would come close to a record of 8 degrees set in Bremerton in 1964, according to the National Weather Service.

Temperatures are expected to ease slightly Tuesday night, — all the way up into the 20s — as cloud cover arrives and the possibility of snow increases.

With the exception of the North Kitsap district, all Kitsap schools started on time Monday morning. North Kitsap district officials announced that all after-school activities, concerts and out-of-district transportation will occur as planned Monday.

District officials urged parents to stay tuned, saying the possibility of snow on Tuesday night could mean more delays — or closures — on Wednesday morning.